Baseball Is A Contact Sport

Sometimes I love reading cases. In D’Amico v. Tomkalski, 1999 WL 162985 (1999), Judge Pellegrino writes a home run of an opinion. The plaintiff, a baserunner in a softball game, was struck by a ball thrown by a second baseman as he was either on the base path or moving out of the base path. The runner … Read more

Connecticut’s Scenic Roads

I’ve been doing a lot of driving through Litchfield County and it seems that every road is marked a scenic road. Yesterday, I thought to myself: “What is a scenic road?” I ask and the Connecticut General Statutes answer: A “scenic road” means any state highway or portion thereof that (1) passes through agricultural land or abuts land … Read more

CT Right To Dry Bill: Dead

I’ve been informed by someone who understands the legislature much better than I do that the bill is dead. There’s only 8 days left for the legislature to attach the bill as an amendment to another bill or come back as a “strike all amendment.” I’ll say this, the legislature’s website is very confusing. There has … Read more